so good afternoon, my name a laurie thomas and i'm to present as a restaurant owner of rose's cafe and they're both long-time restaurants, 13 and 25 years in san francisco, operating. i also represent the larger san francisco community of restaurants as the new acting director of the golden gate restaurant association and in the interest of time, we'll combine both things because i'm speaking with a restaurant hat in general. so thank you all for taking the time to hold this hearing so we can learn more about the growing industry and becoming more educated and to understand all of the different stakeholder perspectives, issues and concerns. just to set the playing field. our industry is large, pure the bureau of labor statistics. many people are struggling with the online economy. we help provide unique experiences and one of the key reasons if you ask sf travel why tourists will fight for visiting san francisco is to go and sit and dine-in restaurants. so now we switch to a more negative set of news here. our brick and mortar industry, our restaurant industry in san francisco is in a

so good afternoon, my name a laurie thomas and i'm to present as a restaurant owner of rose's cafe and they're both long-time restaurants, 13 and 25 years in san francisco, operating. i also represent the larger san francisco community of restaurants as the new acting director of the golden gate restaurant association and in the interest of time, we'll combine both things because i'm speaking with a restaurant hat in general. so thank you all for taking the time to hold this hearing so we can learn more about the growing industry and becoming more educated and to understand all of the different stakeholder perspectives, issues and concerns. just to set the playing field. our industry is large, pure the bureau of labor statistics. many people are struggling with the online economy. we help provide unique experiences and one of the key reasons if you ask sf travel why tourists will fight for visiting san francisco is to go and sit and dine-in restaurants. so now we switch to a more negative set of news here. our brick and mortar industry, our restaurant industry in san francisco is in a